I've received quite a few pm's regarding how to isolate a click out track for a certain musician on stage when using the sequencer or styles. So I thought, I might as well post a public response.
I'll tell you what I do on the PA800. Normally I send 3 click tracks; one to the drummer, bassist, and percussionist. These guys are the rhythm section and need to be the time keepers for the other musicians; but obviously the real time machine is the Keyboard which is why a click out track would be needed.
Now how do you isolate the click out track into 3 different tracks.
First, turn on your PA800, then press Global - > Audio Setup - > and select the Met/Mp3 Speakers tab. This will bring you to the setup of the Metronome. As you can see, you can select the mode for what ever you want a metronome for. If you want to use the sequencer as well as the styles, you set the mode to "Style+Song." And so forth. Below mode you see "Clickout." I have mine set up for Out 1 which signifies Output 1 on the back of the keyboard. I choose OUT1 because the the music will be coming out of the "LEFT" output on the back of the keyboard (more on this later on).
Second, you need a Head Amp. What is a Head Amp? It amplifies the sound when a headphone is connected to it. Why do we need this? because if you put in a headphone into "OUT1" you will notice that the volume is very low, despite the fact that you set the Volume of the Metronome to 127. Therefore, you need a head amp. To connect the head amp to the PA800, you need a guitar cable that has one MONO input to be put into the "OUT1", and ONE STEREO input to be inserted into the Head Amp. The MONO and STEREO inputs both need to be 1/4 inch inputs for it to go into the head amp and the PA800. This way, the head amp is connected to the PA800 and will receive what ever that you have set up in GLOBAL to go out from OUT1 (which in this case is the metronome). Since the Head Amp has it's own volume control, you can clearly increase the volume and you will hear the click track very well. The reason you need a MONO to STEREO guitar cable is so that your head phone has sound in both ears, otherwise only the left ear would work.
Head Amp - http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun05/i ... damp.l.jpg
Thirdly, most sequencers I've worked with when I went touring or played gigs already had the drum track on it. The drum track was exactly the charts they had given me. If you've sequenced your songs the same way go into "Global" - > "Audio Setup" - > Seq 1
Since the drum track is typically exported on Track 10, you would change the Track 10 from "Left+Right" to "Out1" This way the drummer has a click track as well as the drum beats he has to play. If you don't have a drum track on your sequenced song, just leave Left+Right as it is. Same thing for other musicians. If you have a bassist and percussionist, you select the channels which their parts are played on the sequencer, send it out through "OUT1" and then plug a head phone for the bassist and percussionist into Channel 2 and 3 in Head Amp. Just remember, if you do this, the percussionist, drummer, and bassist will hear each others notes on the sequencer. What you can do is go to your "Met/Mp3/Speakers" tab and instead of "OUT1" select "OUT1+OUT2." This way the click track is sent out on both OUT1 and OUT2, and then when you go to "Seq 1" you can isolate the Bass Track in the sequencer to go out from "OUT2" Keep in mind, if you feed the bassist from "OUT2" you will need another head amp.
Repeat The above paragraph for "Seq2" as well as "Style Kbd" if you were to use some of the styles with live musicians.
I hope this helps.
Take Care
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